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Written by The Dread Slender Gnome on 2025-01-27 at 16:59

@FeartnTired @Fullycaffeinated

Broke out my watercolours again. This is my first attempt at a composition that's not copied from anything. I did use "how to draw lilies" guide as a reference, but put the drawing together myself.

I can of course see all the mistakes, but it's still better than what I've done before, I think.

I did consider not inking the outlines, but the existing ink marks* made it really difficult to see the pencil outlines. So inking it was.

And yes, I know no lily stem would actually have several different coloured flowers. We can just pretend some dastardly florist had their dirty mitts involved.

• a second hand sketchbook which I appropriated when the owner wasn't using it anymore. Why put all that nearly empty, nice paper to waste?

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Written by Feart n Tired 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 on 2025-01-27 at 17:01

@Gnomeshatecheese @Fullycaffeinated those are most definitely lilies, so you win at drawing! nice shading on the petals.

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Written by The Dread Slender Gnome on 2025-01-27 at 17:02

@FeartnTired @Fullycaffeinated Thanks!

I wasn't sure about the shading, I thought I maybe wasn't doing enough of it, but didn't want to go on and potentially make a mess of it.

(also nearly forgot all about it, until The Spouse came over and said "no shading on the flowers")

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Written by Feart n Tired 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 on 2025-01-27 at 17:48

@Gnomeshatecheese @Fullycaffeinated handy!

botanical quality. not a thing I will ever do. https://www.youtube.com/@veryhyunswatercolor..9085/shorts

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Written by The Dread Slender Gnome on 2025-01-27 at 19:38

@FeartnTired @Fullycaffeinated Quite likely also not a thing I'll ever do, as I can't imagine reaching that level of skill.

Would love to try though.

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Written by Caffosaurus☕🍁:mayo: on 2025-01-27 at 21:50

@Gnomeshatecheese @FeartnTired Takes quite a bit of practice. These weren't her first paintings. So give it a try if you want to and try to learn from each one.

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